Masked gunman shoots 3 at Roseland gas station

January 24, 2010

A masked gunman shot three people, seriously injuring two of them, at a Roseland gas station Saturday evening, police said.

The injured included a 24-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman, both of whom were shot multiple times and taken in critical condition to local hospitals. A 16-year-old girl also was shot, in the right thigh, and was taken to Roseland Hospital, where her condition was stabilized, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli. Hospital information for the man and woman could not be verified.

The attack took place as the male victim filled up his 1993 Pontiac Bonneville at a gas station in the 700 block of West 111th Street about 6:40 p.m. Saturday, police said.

A man wearing dark clothing and a white bandanna over his nose and mouth then came up to the car, police said. He fired multiple shots at the three as they sat in the car, Mirabelli said.

The 24-year-old victim was identified as a parolee who was released in November after serving less than three years of a six-year sentence. Calumet Area detectives have determined no motive in the shooting, Mirabelli said.